[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Manheim 11-12-2013 by Ord. No. 634. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 160.
This chapter shall be known as the "Manheim Borough Pawn Shops
and Secondhand Shops Ordinance."
The following terms are hereby defined for purposes of this
chapter:
Includes any person who otherwise in the normal course of
business purchases personal property not from a retail or wholesale
entity or auction for the purposes of reselling the property.
Shall include any person who:
Engages in the business of lending money on the deposit or pledge
of personal property other than choses in action, securities or written
endeavors or indebtedness;
Purchases personal property with an express or implied agreement
or understanding to sell it back at a subsequent time at a stipulated
price; or
Lends money upon goods, wares or merchandise pledged, stored
or deposited as collateral security.
Jewelry; cameras and photographic equipment; gold coins or
bars; silver bars; copper tubing; electronics equipment, such as televisions
or VCRs or radios or computers or computer equipment or microwave
ovens; antiques; currency collectibles, such as coins or stamps; and
any other item of value likely to be the subject of criminal activity
such as burglary or theft. Hereafter, the Manheim Borough Police Department
may update this definition by sending a list of categories of "target
goods" to pawnbrokers and dealers in secondhand goods identifying
themselves as such.
A.
At the time of any transaction in target goods, the pawnbroker or
dealer in secondhand goods shall make a record of the name and address
and the driver's license number or the social security number
of the pawner or seller of secondhand goods in the transaction. It
will also be required that items purchased from the pawner or seller
must be photographed. Such information shall be supplied to the Police
Department as part of the report required hereunder.
B.
All pawnbrokers and dealers in secondhand goods shall make out and
deliver to the Chief of Police or his duly authorized representatives
each week a legible and accurate report of all target goods taken
in pawn or purchased during the preceding business week. Such report
shall contain the name or names of the pawners or sellers and accurate,
detailed description, together with serial numbers thereon, if any,
of all target goods taken in pawn or purchased, together with the
amount loaned on or paid for such target goods. Target goods, whether
taken in pawn or purchased shall not be sold, resold or otherwise
disposed of for a period of at least 15 days after pawn or purchase
by such pawnbrokers or dealers, but this requirement shall not apply
to the redemption of a lawfully pledged article by the pledger. Pawnbrokers
and dealers shall permit the Chief of Police or his duly authorized
representatives to inspect any target goods in their possession at
any time during regular business hours. Failure to timely submit such
list shall be a violation of this article.
No pawnbroker or dealer in secondhand goods shall purchase or
take in pawn any goods of any kind from any person under 18 years
of age unless such minor's parent or guardian is present, and
the name of the parent or guardian shall be reported along with the
report of the transaction.
Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined
not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 and, in default of payment
thereof, shall be imprisoned for not more than 90 days. Each day or
portion thereof in which a violation exists shall be considered a
separate violation of this chapter. Each section of this chapter which
is violated shall be considered a separate violation. Such fine shall
be in addition to any other fine which may be imposed under the provisions
of any other ordinances of Manheim Borough, Pennsylvania law, or federal
law.
The information furnished and secured pursuant to this chapter
shall be confidential in character and shall not be subject to public
inspection, and shall be so kept in order that the contents thereof
shall not be known except to persons charged with the administration
of this chapter and law enforcement agencies conducting investigations.
